Movies like Hellraiser
If Hellraiser's mix of sexual obsession, pain and ritual stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Hellraiser's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988 · Directed by Tony Randel · 97 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith Ashley Laurence and Clare Higgins · Shares: pain, seduction, stepmother · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (1980s)
Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr.
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Hereditary
2018 · Directed by Ari Aster · 128 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: ritual, supernatural, demon · Also horror and thriller
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from…
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Strange Darling
2024 · Directed by JT Mollner · 97 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: gore, bdsm · Also thriller and horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Haunt
2019 · Directed by Scott Beck · 93 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: haunted house, gore · Also horror and thriller
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
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Bring Her Back
2025 · Directed by Danny Philippou · 104 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: ritual, supernatural
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
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The Evil Dead
1983 · Directed by Sam Raimi · 85 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: occult, lovecraftian · From the same decade (1980s)
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Directed by David Yates · 138 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural, occult
When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.
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Mother's Day
2010 · Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman · 112 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gore · Also horror and thriller
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
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The Exorcist
1973 · Directed by William Friedkin · 122 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: demon
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
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Eraserhead
1977 · Directed by David Lynch · 89 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: surrealism
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.